Ryley 6

Ryley 6

 

From Karajini we headed to Pardoo.   Pardoo was a really nice place but there wasn’t much there.  Taj and I spent our time in the pool with Dad.  Then we headed to 80 Mile which was really boring, we went fishing and I caught 1 threadfin salmon.

Our next destination was Barn Hill which we all enjoyed.  There were green tree frogs everywhere. We went fishing a bit and had some great fun swimming in the beach. We took the boat out and Dad got sea sick which was hilarious.  Fishing at Barn Hill was good, Taj caught 5 perch, I caught 5 perch and 1 trevally and Dad caught 2 cod.

After Barn Hill we headed to Broome (which is easily my favourite place in Australia). In Broome we went to a really bad bird park where all the birds were nearly dead. After that we got to go to Mango Place and have mango smoothies.  I spent most my time at Broome on the wharf, I spent a least two hours every day on the wharf catching the best fish.

 We also went up to Cape Leveque and went spearfishing with Bundy and his children and nephews. We also got to make and keep our own spears.  I went fishing at Cape Leveque and caught a shark.  While I was pulling it in Taj was swimming and I wound it right up to him before he noticed it was there and he got a big fright.

 After we had our stay at Cape Leveque we headed back to Broome and Dad (as usual) would drop me off by myself on the wharf for a fish every day.  Two of the days I spent 7 hours straight on the wharf  There was so much stuff to see off the wharf like sharks, rays, sea snakes, fish, turtles, crabs, dugongs and much more.  I made heaps of mates on the wharf and had a great time.  I also hooked a baby hammer head but it got off and I had a golden trevally that was around a metre but we couldn’t lift it up the 15 metre high wharf.

During WW2 planes were being used to transport Dutch refugees to safety in Broome.  They would land on the main beach of Broome every day.  On the 3^rd of March 1942 the Catalina’s landed in the bay as usual but then the Japenese opened fire on the civilian planes killing most on board.  The wrecks are still at the bottom of Roebuck bay.  We were lucky enough to be there on a very low tide and could walk out to them.  In total 18 planes were shot down in Broome.  We also attended the dawn service which was really good.

 We swam in the pool a lot at our caravan park, they had a huge pool and great facilities.  There was a mini golf course right near the caravan park so in the morning we would play a lot of mini golf.

 

Fishing in Broome was the best!  There was fish everywhere. There was also groupers that where around 100 kilos that would take all your fish and eat little sharks that would swim by.  One of my mates caught a baby 45kg grouper, it was massive. We all caught countless amounts of fish but I got a few really big ones on lures, like 3 big queen fish.  My biggest was 83 cm and 2 trevally, one golden and one GT.  My smallest trevally was 75 cm. Broome was the best and I can’t wait to go there with Grumps one time because he would love it.